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Happy Belated Birthday to Beanhead!

Baby Bean turned a year old last Saturday. Where does the time go? How did we go from this? to this in the blink of an eye? I bought him a CRN number so he is all ready to go … Continue reading

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Baby Bean flyball practice

He’s not doing the box yet, because I’m still waiting for him to be a little more physically mature, so he’s just going over the jumps and picking up a ball laying on the ground in front of the box … Continue reading

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Steve’s USDAA Debut

So I got suckered into a USDAA agility trial this past weekend, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase at that. Big trial. Three rings. Steve’s never run in a trial with more than one ring before. Steve’s never played USDAA before. … Continue reading

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It’s not a tumor!

Despite the number of mast cells the doctor saw on the fine needle aspirate of the lump we took off Mushroom’s leg, the histopath actually read out as a viral papilloma– a wart! Totally benign, most likely related to all … Continue reading

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Flyball weekend: running with the big dogs

Last weekend Steve’s flyball team borrowed a height dog and were seeded in Open 1. We were running against the big name teams from our region, and we all pretty much figured we were going to have our butts handed … Continue reading

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Mushroom’s surgery day.

Mushroom had his mast cell tumor taken off today, and despite my anxiety, everything went well. He got his iv catheter placed and his fluids running right away. Real men wear pink vetwrap, don’t you know? He was the second … Continue reading

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Mushroom’s mast cell tumor.

Mushroom has had a small but unhappy-looking lump on the back of his left front leg for a number of weeks now. Initially I thought it was a small abscess because he and Luce had tangled recently (a case of … Continue reading

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Bean’s bestie, Javan.

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Bean, 11 months.

Practicing his death glare. Just kidding, ma! So grown up!

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Toony Bean!

Isn’t this the coolest thing ever? It was drawn by my friend Callie from pictures of Beanhead and I love love love it. It’s adorable and she captured his doofy self just perfectly. Want your own pet drawn? Check out … Continue reading

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